Seen and Heard in Edmonton

This week’s podcast roundup will adhere to the usual “listening time” structure, but first, I want to draw your attention to The Broadcast, a new podcast for which I have a great deal of affection, partly because of the topic (politics), partly because of the hosts (Alex Zabjek and Trisha Estabrooks) and partly because I watched this develop from notion to full-fledged podcast. Brava! Here are the first three episodes:

Less than 30 minutes: On Pet Sounds, Sarah Hoyles talks to a man who rescues cats from trees; the new Curious Arts podcast, Talking Theatre, quizzes director Ron Jenkins about Government Inspector; and on the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association podcast, Omar Mouallem talks to the Chatelaine’s Haley Overland about the magazine’s social media presence.

More under 30 minutes: Josh and Alan at Press Start To Join shout-out to our podcast meetup and invite cosplayers to come on their show; on That’s So Maven, Lauren and Andrea talk to Rebecca Grant of The Violet Chocolate Company (who I’ll be interviewing next week for Capital Ideas, by the way!); and on Monetizing Your Creativitiy, Marvin and Fred explore the creativity in action at Chrysalis.

And more under 30 minutes: Greg Gazin celebrates 10 years of Toastcaster; MacEwan University’s Clock Radio explores an art installation about cancer; and hey, there’s Clock Radio producer Tyler Butler on my own Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast.

30 to 45 minutes: The Edmonton Community Foundation’s Well-Endowed Podcast has several interesting stories, including the celebrations happening at Metro Cinema; That’s So Maven has another interesting conversation with an entrepreneur, this time with doula Sonya Duffee; and Adam Rozenhart talks to a Canadian working in Egypt on The Expats.

More 30 to 45 minutes: The Bad Feminists Book Club looks at Giller Prize winner Do Not Say We Have Nothing; The Press Gallery’s journalists tell the story behind some recent stories, including coverage of the panel on the child intervention system; Vintage Edmonton Music spotlights a crooner from Calgary; True North Strange and Weird explores tales of hidden treasure; and on Real Life, Jason Gregor chats hockey and politics with Jason Strudwick in Hong Kong.

45 to 60 minutes: Linda and Tyler of Don’t Call Me A Guru quiz Linda’s teenage cousins about their social media habits; and Adoptees On is back for a second season with Haley Radke’s interview with an adoptee who found her birth mother on social media.

More 45 to 60 minutes: The Eskimo Empire crew has a delightful chat with former player Malcolm Frank; The Nerdebrates dig into all of the copycat characters in the superhero universes; and the Northern Nerdcast chats with Gregg and Colin of the podcast I Have Some Notes, more about which later.

More than 60 minutes: And hey, there’s I Have Some Notes, tearing apart Suicide Squad with Eri Riot and Erin Beever; the Movie Jerks channel their inner softies with three guests from the Chinook Series to recall their favourite timeless romances; and there’s Murray Utas again, along with other fascinating and passionate members of Edmonton’s arts community, on the latest episode of What It Is.

More over 60 minutes: Jessica and Katie of For Kicks analyze the recent friendly between Canada and Mexico with a special guest; Elliott and Michael fight about electoral reform and deplore Trump on Highlevel Showdown; and Equinely Inclined is back after a break with a look at what urbanization has done to horse culture.

I wish I could have listened to more, but there are so many hours! Find more find more in previous roundups, on the Northern Content Network, on Guerrilla Radio and on the Edmonton Nerd List‘s media page. If you’d like this sort of thing, and other sorts of things, delivered to your inbox every other Saturday, subscribe to my newsletter.